Physical Object: Traffic Management Center

TMC Regional Traffic Management

Overview

'TMC Regional Traffic Management' supports coordination between Traffic Management Centers in order to share traffic information between centers as well as control of traffic management field equipment. This coordination supports wide area optimization and regional coordination that spans jurisdictional boundaries; for example, coordinated signal control in a metropolitan area or coordination between freeway operations and arterial signal control within a corridor.

This functional object is included in the "Traffic Management Center" physical object.

This functional object is included in the following service packages:

This functional object is mapped to the following Functional View PSpecs:

Requirements

# Requirement
01 The center shall exchange traffic information with other traffic management centers including incident information, congestion data, traffic data, signal timing plans, and real-time signal control information.
02 The center shall exchange traffic control information with other traffic management centers to support remote monitoring and control of traffic management devices (e.g. signs, sensors, signals, cameras, etc.).

Information Flows

Source Flow Destination
Emergency Management Center incident information Traffic Management Center
ITS Roadway Equipment traffic image meta data Traffic Management Center
ITS Roadway Equipment traffic images Traffic Management Center
Maint and Constr Management Center incident information Traffic Management Center
Other Traffic Management Centers device control request Traffic Management Center
Other Traffic Management Centers device data Traffic Management Center
Other Traffic Management Centers device status Traffic Management Center
Other Traffic Management Centers incident information Traffic Management Center
Other Traffic Management Centers road network conditions Traffic Management Center
Other Traffic Management Centers traffic image meta data Traffic Management Center
Other Traffic Management Centers traffic images Traffic Management Center
Other Traffic Management Centers transportation operational strategies Traffic Management Center
Traffic Management Center device control request Other Traffic Management Centers
Traffic Management Center device data Other Traffic Management Centers
Traffic Management Center device status Other Traffic Management Centers
Traffic Management Center incident information Emergency Management Center
Traffic Management Center incident information Maint and Constr Management Center
Traffic Management Center incident information Other Traffic Management Centers
Traffic Management Center incident information Transit Management Center
Traffic Management Center road network conditions Commercial Vehicle Administration Center
Traffic Management Center road network conditions Emergency Management Center
Traffic Management Center road network conditions Emissions Management Center
Traffic Management Center road network conditions Fleet and Freight Management Center
Traffic Management Center road network conditions Maint and Constr Management Center
Traffic Management Center road network conditions Other Traffic Management Centers
Traffic Management Center road network conditions Transit Management Center
Traffic Management Center road network conditions Transportation Information Center
Traffic Management Center traffic image meta data Border Inspection System
Traffic Management Center traffic image meta data Emergency Management Center
Traffic Management Center traffic image meta data Maint and Constr Management Center
Traffic Management Center traffic image meta data Media
Traffic Management Center traffic image meta data Other Traffic Management Centers
Traffic Management Center traffic image meta data Transit Management Center
Traffic Management Center traffic image meta data Transportation Information Center
Traffic Management Center traffic images Border Inspection System
Traffic Management Center traffic images Emergency Management Center
Traffic Management Center traffic images Maint and Constr Management Center
Traffic Management Center traffic images Media
Traffic Management Center traffic images Other Traffic Management Centers
Traffic Management Center traffic images Transit Management Center
Traffic Management Center traffic images Transportation Information Center
Traffic Management Center traffic operator data Traffic Operations Personnel
Traffic Operations Personnel traffic operator input Traffic Management Center

Standards

Currently, there are no standards associated with the functional object itself though the interfaces may have standards associated with them.